ASX 200 to open with gain of ‘close to a per cent’

CommSec’s Tom Piotrowski says the ASX 200 is expected to kick off with a gain of “close to a per cent”. “0.9 of a per cent to be exact – that’s the gain that we saw for the SPI futures,” he told Sky News Australia. “Reclaiming some of the 1.4 per cent decline that we saw yesterday.” Presented by CommSec.